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Padang & Chinese food

Chinese Dim Sum at May Star Restaurant, Le Grandeur Mangga Dua Hotel

Merry, Me, and Fiona

Special coconut pudding

View from a Blue Bird cab

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I am very exhausted today :-(

Will not be posting tonight as my mind is not functioning properly.

Cheers !

Jakarta, Indonesia (Part 2)

Day 2

It's Monday. Have to be on our own as my friend needs to work.

We checked out from Tematik Hotel and make our way to Le Grandeur Hotel (formerly known as Dusit Mangga Dua) in Mangga Dua area.

Waited quite a while for a taxi to pick us up. The reason for delay is 'mai jiet' , it means traffic jam. Ya, the traffic was quite bad on that day.

Managed to arrive Le Grandeur Hotel right before lunch. The check-in staff is very polite and he did us a favour by allowing us to check in before the designated check-in time. Million thanks to him.

View from our hotel room located on the 15th floor

Proceed to ITC Mall which is connected to our hotel. Wanted to have some food to satisfy our hungry stomach. Followed the sign that leads to Food Court. Well, the food court in Jakarta is almost the same as what we have back home, but in terms of varieties, we can't compete with them.

I guess the food business at the food court is very competitive, that is why wherever we go, we were given coupons for freebies such as bottled drinks. It looks more like a market to me where all the vendors is shouting and shooving coupons and menus into our hands. It's an eye-opener for me as we don't see such thing happening in our food courts.

Can't make up our mind on what to eat because honestly speaking, the choices are endless. Therefore, decided to settle down for lunch at a chinese restaurant just outside the food court.

Our lunch at Bakmi Naga, ITC Mall, Mangga Dua

Had a great and satisfying meal.

After meal, we shopped around ITC Mall and managed to get some souveniors for friends and family members.

Decided to call it a day at 5pm.

Back to hotel for a rest.

Sunset in downtown Jakarta

Soon it's dinner time. We wanted to try out local food but unfortunately there isn't any decent shop around our hotel. Finally after much discussion, decided to try out the hotel dinner buffet.

Le Grandeur Hotel Coffee House

Paid Rp.110,000 per person. Well, the food presentation is quite impressive. Although nothing to shout about but nonetheless we had a great time sampling some unique Indonesian cuisine where we can't find it back home.

To be continued...

Jakarta, Indonesia

It was a beautiful Sunday and I am so excited about my first trip to Jakarta, Indonesia.

To many, Jakarta may not be their choice for holiday, but not for me. I love places that are not packed with tourist because that's the best place to see for ourselves how the locals live their daily lives.

Coincidently, I have friends residing in Jakarta, therefore without further consideration, I made up my mind 6 months ago that Jakarta is my next destination for holiday.

Arrived in Jakarta exactly after a two-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur. The weather was fine, but a little hazy. My friends were at the arrival hall to greet us and no words could describe how joyful we were to meet each other again.

Our first destination is of course the hotel. This hotel that we are going to stay a night is quite little let-down as the location is not strategic. Anyway, we have already decided that we are going to change hotel the next day. Room rate is at RP.302,500 per room per night not including breakfast. Extra bed is RP25,000.

After checking in, we proceed to Mangga Dua area for lunch. My friend Merry and her husband Gatot brought us to Orion Mall and Mangga Dua Mall. That's where we had our lunch and did some shopping.


My friend Merry and her husband, Gatot.


Later that night, we went to Anggerik Mall for more shoppings. Merry wanted to bring us to Senayan for more shopping but we declined because we were drop dead exhausted and needed some rest.


Back in hotel, after our shower, we went for dinner at the restaurant located at the ground floor of the hotel.

Our dinner at Lian Yuan Restaurant



It's the best meal we have ever tasted. Much more delicious that what we tasted in Taiwan and Hong Kong. The best part is we noticed that all the dishes are MSG-free. Great job to the chef of Lian Yuan Restaurant@ Tematik Hotel, Jakarta Utara.




Unable to sleep well due to noise from the disco which is real loud. Anyway, I dozed off soon after that. Tiredly exhausted after a long day.

to be continued....